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Nov 20 2020
News
CDC pleads with Americans to avoid Thanksgiving travel
With the coronavirus surging out of control, the nation’s top public health agency pleaded with Americans on Thursday not to travel for Thanksgiving and not to spend the holiday with people from outside their household.
The Thanksgiving warning from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention came as the White House coronavirus task force held a briefing for the first time in months
Associated PressNov 19 2020
Analysis
We may have to accept a ‘good enough’ COVID-19 vaccine, at least in 2021
Australian health minister Greg Hunt said recently the government is on track to deliver COVID-19 vaccines from March 2021.
US biotech firm Moderna has just announced its COVID-19 vaccine has 95% efficacy, following on the heels of Pfizer’s claimed 90% efficacy and the Russian Sputnik V vaccine’s 92% efficacy, albeit based on limited data and yet to be peer-reviewed.
We’ll likely
Multiple Writers - CenterMar 02 2021
News
Biden promises vaccine supply for all US adults by end of May
The United States will have enough coronavirus vaccine doses for every adult in the country by the end of May, President Joe Biden announced on Tuesday, as production of a third vaccine is set to ramp up.
During a news conference at the White House, Biden said he had invoked a wartime production law to require pharmaceutical company Merck & Co to help produce a newly approved
Al JazeeraFeb 20 2021
News
House Democrats unveil text of COVID-19 relief bill
House Democrats on Friday unveiled the text of their proposed $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package, which President Joe Biden pitched during a trip to Michigan.
The House Committee on the Budget published the legislative text for the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 ahead of Monday’s planned markup of the bill. It includes $1,400 direct payments to eligible Americans, an expanded Child
Breitbart NewsDec 18 2021
News
Schools Usually Enforce Child Vaccinations. With COVID-19, That Job Is Falling to Private Businesses
Studio E School of Dance in the Forest Hills neighborhood of Queens in New York City is losing students. A city-wide policy that went into effect on Dec. 14 bars children ages 5 and up from attending certain extracurricular activities unless they’ve received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. Because the majority of Studio E’s students are preschool and elementary school kids, it is
Time MagazineNov 16 2020
News
Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine found to be nearly 95 percent effective in a preliminary analysis
Biotechnology firm Moderna announced Monday that a preliminary analysis shows its experimental coronavirus vaccine is nearly 95 percent effective at preventing illness, including severe cases — a striking initial result that leaves the United States with the prospect that two coronavirus vaccines could be available on a limited basis by the end of the year.
The news comes a week after
Washington PostOct 01 2021
News
Merck sees promising results in trial of COVID-19 pill, will apply for emergency approval from FDA
Merck on Friday said it will seek emergency approval of an antiviral pill to treat COVID-19 after it significantly cut the risk of bad outcomes in clinical trials.
The New Jersey-based drugmaker said the drug, molnupiravir, cut the risk of hospitalization or death in half in high-risk patients with mild to moderate illness.
If authorized for use, it would be a groundbreaking
Washington TimesDec 09 2020
News
What to expect from the FDA’s important COVID-19 vaccine meeting Thursday
An all-day regulatory meeting scheduled to take place Thursday is the next step toward the likely authorization of the first COVID-19 vaccine in the U.S.
The Food and Drug Administration this week plans to convene a meeting of its Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee, which is made up of a group of independent medical experts, who will discuss the risks and
MarketWatchJul 16 2021
News
The fourth wave of COVID-19 cases is here. Will we escape the UK's fate? It's too soon to know.
A doubling of COVID-19 cases in the last two weeks suggests the United States has entered a fourth wave of the pandemic.
No one knows what the next month or two will bring, but the example of the United Kingdom suggests the infection rate could get quite high, while hospitalizations and deaths stay relatively low.
Instead of the virus raging through entire communities, it is
USA TODAYSep 04 2021
Opinion
The Covid Booster Debate
Covid vaccines can make for strange bedfellows, and raise your hand if you thought the Biden White House would be accused of ignoring the science? We didn’t think so. But that’s been the charge as two Food and Drug Administration regulators have resigned amid what media leaks claim is too much political agitation for Covid vaccine booster shots.
Count us with the White House on this one
Wall Street Journal (Opinion)